Trainers' Learning Conditions, Informal and Formal Learning and Barriers to Learning

Autor/in	Anselmann, Sebastian
Titel	Trainers' Learning Conditions, Informal and Formal Learning and Barriers to Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 34 (2022) 8, S.742-764 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-11-2021-0152
Schlagwörter	Workplace Learning; Job Training; Trainers; Work Environment; Barriers; Informal Education; Learning Activities; Foreign Countries; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Ausbildungslehrer; Trainer; Arbeitsmilieu; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Lernaktivität; Ausland; Deutschland; Österreich; Schweiz; Italien
Abstract	Purpose: The aim of this study is to unveil how professional trainers and training managers describe the learning conditions of their workplaces, what informal and formal learning activities they intend to accomplish and what barriers to learning at work they encounter. Design/methodology/approach: Barriers to learning in the workplace fall under individual, team or organizational aspects that hinder the initiation of or interrupt successful learning, delay proceedings or end learning activities much earlier than intended. Professional trainers (N = 16) and training managers (N = 10) participated in this interview study. Their answers were recorded, transcribed and analyzed via qualitative content analysis. Findings: The participants assessed their work tasks as highly complex and balanced between new challenging tasks and routines. Their formal and informal learning activities were also fundamental to maintaining high performance. The trainers described a broad range of situations in which they suffered barriers to learning at their workplace, with most identifying external learning barriers such as vague supervisor requirements or disruptions from others. Originality/value: The results of this study describe workplace complexity, which offers stimuli for learning through learning conditions, possibilities to engage in learning and also barriers to learning. To understand workplace complexity, all of these dimensions have to be understood and addressed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01